। The poem begins with an allusion to the Grand
Coulee Dam, built on the Columbia River in the
mid-20th century and widely considered to be an
engineering marvel. Reread lines 1-3. What is the
speaker's view on the mighty dam? Tell what image
helps you understand the speaker's feelings about
the dam.

Which excerpt from the awakening best highlights the elation edna feels when she thinks of robert? the morning was full of sunlight and hope. edna could see before her no denial—only the promise of excessive joy. she lay in bed awake, with bright eyes full of speculation. “he loves you, poor fool.” he would come to her in the afternoon or evening, sit and roll his cigarette, talk a little, and go away as he had done the night before. but how delicious it would be to have him there with her! robert did not come that day. she was keenly disappointed. he did not come the following day, nor the next. each morning she awoke with hope, and each night she was a prey to despondency. his horses were full of mettle, and even a little unmanageable. she liked the rapid gait at which they spun along, and the quick, sharp sound of the horses' hoofs on the hard road.

How would “in a station or the metro” change of the bough was bright and lovely rather than wet and black a: the station would seem cheerier b: the poem would not be considered imagist c: the people would seem less pleasant. d: the poem would no longer be hokku

Hillenbrand writes, "as louie blazed through college, far away, history was turning" (p. 43). why does the author interrupt louie's narrative with information about japan and germany?